Belt attachment for trousers.



P. BAKER & s. H. BARON. A BELT ATTACHMENT FOR TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Wand? Bavbzr fi I Janzue/fiarorw FRANK BAKER AND SAMUEL H. BARON, OF ELLOREE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

B ELT ATTACHMENT FOR TROUSERS.

' Application filed March 9, 1912.

To all III/Loin it In (13 concern Be it known that we, FRANK BAKER and SAMUEL H. BARON, citizens of the United States, residing at Elloree. in the county of Orangeburg and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Belt Attachments for Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trousers, and it has particular reference to an improved belt and means for attaching the same for the purpose of keeping the trousers in place.

The particular object of the invention is to produce a belt attachment and means for connecting the same with the trousers which shall 'iositively prevent the trousers band from sagging belowthe helt, and which shall be of such a nature that when the belt is tightened the band of the trousers will be drawn tightly about the waist of the wearer, thereby retaining the trousers securely in position.

\Vith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the. nature ot the invention is. better understood, the same consists in the iuiproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

' in the accompanying drawing has been illuslrattal'a simple and preferred form of the. invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and niodilications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

, In the drawing, Figure l is a view in eh. vation of the upper portion ot a pair ot trousers to which the invention has been applied, the belt being partly detached and folded to one side. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation similar to Fig. 1, and showing a modified form of the invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line t- 4 in Fig. 3.

Correspondingparts in the several tigures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The band 1 of the trousers 2 is in the several forms of the invention provided ivith a plurality of loops 3 which are disposed in parallel relation to the upper edge of the band. These loops may be. formed of strips of material similar to that of which the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rep. 4,1913.

Serial No. 682,592.

garment is made, said strips being terminally attached on the band 1 by stitching, as shown at 4-. The belt 5, which may likewise be. made of material similar to that of which the garment is constructed, although leather or other contrasting material may be employed, is provided with flexible strips or tabs 6 attached to the inner face adjacent to the lower edge thereof and extending upwardly. These strips or tabs are spaced to correspond with the location of the loops and said tabs are provided on their inner faces with terminally disposed clasp members 7. i

Under the construction shown in Figs. l

and 2 the tabs 6 are made of sufficient length to be extended through the loops 3 and to.

be folded over the upper edge of the trousers band. the clasp members 7 being engaged with the clasp members 8 secured upon the inner face of the trousers band.

Under the construction shown in Figs. 3 and i, the tabs are made somewhat shorter, and

the clasp members 7 are engaged with clasp members i secured upon theouter face of the trousers band beneath the loops 3 and intermediate the ends ofsaid loops. In either case. the clasp members 7 when engaged by their mates 8 or U. as the case'n'iay be. will serve to retain the belt securely on the trousers hand without the retaining means being visible. One end of the belt is equipped with a bucltle ll) with which the other end may be connected at'tei' drawing the belt tightly around the waist of the wearer. thereby tightening the trousers band and not only retaining the garment in position. but positively preventing any portion of the baud l'roni sagging below the belt. The garment will thus always be retained securely in position and in such a manner as to present a neat and tidy up pearauce.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new. is:--

l. The combination with trousers having horizontally arranged loops secured to the upper edge ol' the trousers baud. ot a belt provided on its inner l'ace with upwardly extending labs secured near the lower edge of the belt and extending through the loops' of the trousers band. and clasp means l'or connecting said tabs with the trousers hand.

'lrousers having a plurality ot horizontally arranged loops secured externally invention.

on the trouseis band near the u per edgia rant ne ro.

thereof, in combination with a belt secured externally of said loops and having attaching means extending therethrough.

3. Trousers having a plurality of horizon- I a belt having upwardly extending trousers band, and clasp members on said tabs to engage the clasp members on the trousers band.

In testimony whereof we afiix oursig- 15 natures in presence of two Witnesses;

-- FRANK BAKER.

SAMUEL H. BARON.

Witnesses:

D. EVANS KELLER, B. A. SHULEN. 

